Quick & Easy Homemade Salsa
This restaurant-style salsa takes only 5 minutes to make in a food processor or blender! Great with tortilla chips or with any of your favorite Mexican food. You'll want to make it again and again!
Servings: 6 (about ½ cup each - recipe makes about 3 cups total)
Estimated Calories: 38
Ingredients
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes (don't drain)
- 1 (10-ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chilies (don't drain)
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- ¼ teaspoon salt, add more or less to taste
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ tablespoon lime juice
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a food processor. Pulse until salsa reaches your desired consistency.
- Taste and add more salt if necessary (keep in mind the saltiness of your tortilla chips - some are saltier than others, and you don't want too much).
- For the best flavor, refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving to allow the flavors to blend.
- Serve with tortilla chips or with any of your favorite Mexican dishes (or wherever you like salsa!).
Recipe Notes
- Adjust the heat level by using mild, regular, or hot diced tomatoes with chilies, or you could add chopped fresh jalapeno or cayenne pepper.
- Adjust any of the ingredients to suit your tastes.
- If you use a blender instead of a food processor and your blender doesn't have a pulse feature, just be very careful not to over-blend your salsa into a sauce. It can happen really quick. Do short bursts to the extent that you can.
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